Gardens School E-learning 2014-15

E-learning is the use of technology to enable people to learn anytime and anywhere

E-Learning?".... learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through the appropriate use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). ” Wikipedia

Why E-Learning?

21Century Learning with the 4C’s

The Four C’s of 21st Century Learning

- critical thinking - communication

- collaboration - creativity

Fits well with the Key Competencies:NZ Curriculum

• Thinking

• Using language, symbols and texts

• Managing self

• Relating to others

• Participating and contributing

WHAT DOES AN E-LEARNING CLASS

ACHIEVE?

• creative and adaptive

• more media savvy

• global learning opportunities

• have multimodal learning styles

• life long learners & anywhere anytime learners

• improves student's self esteem

• learners are more independent

• more self directed learning occurs

• development of higher order thinking skills

• communicators and collaborators

• technology literate and adept

• learners are more independent

http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Learning-areas/Using-iPads-in-the-classroom

Educationalists often talk about the four C’s of 21st century education: critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation. Tablet devices are certainly good at engaging individual students in critical thinking and creativity;

Henderson and Yeow’s 2012 research into iPad use in a New Zealand primary school classroom showed that the iPad provided learners with “much better opportunities for collaboration than were possible in the past”.

Siraj-Blatchford and Siraj-Blatchford (2006) suggest that while ICTs work well in supporting communication, collaboration, creativity, and meta-cognition. – Also they noted that ‘quality adult interactions is more important than the tools themselves. ‘

http://www.educationreview.co.nz/magazine/november-2013/theres-no-ipad-in-team-or-is-there/#.VGuY1NaiOfs

WHAT DOES the research say?

The Future

• Our AsTTLe testing online

• Many secondary schools going towards BYOD

• NZCEA

• Curriculum subject courses

What does an e-learning

classroom look like at TGS?

What does TGSe-learning CURRICULUM look like?

Sport

tools to achieve desired outcomes

★ By using ... Google Apps Education Edition, Edmodo, EvernoteCloud Computing

Wikis/Blogs

Digital Portfolios

★ Web 2.0 tools that can be used to showcase and share work

★ A place for students and teachers to keep a record of learning/publishing.

Plus a variety of other software and apps available on the internet/app store like Skype ,

vimeo, mathletics etc

Why ipads at TGS? •Engaging and simple to use•Students learning at their own pace•Powerful and portable device•Encourages creativity•Preparing our students for a digital future

What equipment will be in the class

• personal ipad - email, dictionary, ibooks, internet research, subject • apps, keynote, pages, garageband, comic life, imovie,• GoogleEarth, NZ Herald etc

• 12 laptops for…creating, Mathletics, word processing etc

• 4 desktop computers for ... music, movie making etc

• 5 cameras

• 1 video

• 1 mimio (interactive whiteboard)

• mimio view

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Questions